Justine Stringer

Justine Stringer

July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Supreme Court Got at Least One Thing Right This Term

The Supreme Court's ruling in 'Golan v. Saada' will have the biggest impact on victims of domestic violence, who are the most common respondents in the Hague Convention's "grave of risk of harm" cases.

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

7 minute read

July 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Ameliorative Measures Gut the Grave Risk Exception Under the Hague Convention

'Ameliorative measures' do not protect children facing 'grave risk of harm' upon return to home country under the Hague Convention and consideration of such measures should be eliminated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

10 minute read

July 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

SCOTUS "Clarifies" "Habitual Residence" Under the Hague Convention

After several decades of inconsistent interpretations by federal courts of the term "country of habitual residence" that is key to the cases under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the U.S. Supreme Court finally has spoken. Or has it?

By Valentina Shaknes and Justine Stringer

8 minute read